Jean-Bertand Aristide: Social activist and former president, Haiti
Over the past year and especially in recent months, there have been a series of nationwide strikes against the Haitian ...
Jorge Pavez: Teachers union leader, Chile
Tell us something about the trajectory of the trade-union movement and the broader popular movement since the end of the ...
Raúl Reyes: Guerrilla spokesperson, Colombia
The Colombian government has repeatedly stated that the FARC is no longer a political force, but a band of armed ...
Essay: Inequality and the Dismantling of Citizenship in Latin America
The components of democratic citizenship do not easily coexist with extreme and persistent inequality. Rather, they tend to get distorted ...
VOICE ON THE LEFT A THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
The left has always been fundamentally optimistic. Its critiques of the state of things have always con- tained an implicit ...
Linda Chavez-Thompson: Vice President of the AFL-CIO, United States
What are the goals of the AFL-CIO today? Our main goal is to reinvigorate the U.S. labor movement. For the ...
Rosalina Tuyuc: Maya activist and congressional deputy, Guatemala
What has the recent signing of the Peace Accords between the government and the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) guerrilla ...
Martín Pumar: Community activist, Peru
What is Casa Alternativa Joven? bout four years ago, a group of young people who were involved in community youth ...
